Against All Odds

The Winner

It was a long and hectic month for whole Mudgalkar family. Everyone was busy in campaigning for the upcoming elections. Aarushi herself was a candidate. Sumedh and Aarushi after their fight didn't bothered to talk to each other. Their campaign rallies were scheduled differently and both were busy in their respective work.

Somewhere in his heart Sumedh knew his love for Aarushi but he didn't wanted to confess. Aarushi had already confessed her love but his behaviour was breaking her heart.

Campaigning was looking successful. Confused Sumedh didn't knew what he actually wanted. He didn't wanted Aarushi to win and somewhere he wanted her to win. The confusion in his personal life was not hidden from his father. He always wanted Sumedh to become like him and he was quite successful. But something was there which was stopping him from becoming exactly like his father. The thing was his love for Aarushi.

Amit had managed to piss of his father by every means and now Rohit was his strong ally. Papa Mudgalkar's attempt to keep Rohit in prison utterly failed and Amit gained Rohit's confidence amidst all this.

There were now open groups in family members where Amit, Devaki, Rohit, Bandana were on one side and Narayan and Sumedh were on the other. Aarushi's decision to stick with Sumedh was still there but she didn't wanted a family dispute. Nilima, their mother, was the only one who was truly neutral.

Aarushi, who was now an election candidate, was away from home for a month but still knew what was happening in family. Narayan's two sons and their wives were in open rebellion against his dictatorship and his fascist control over family.

Amit wanted his father to mend his way and accept everyone's freedom. Sumedh wanted everyone to obey their father. Rohit wanted revenge for his imprisonment. And Aarushi wanted all the matters to resolve peacefully and without damaging family's unity. She wanted misunderstandings cleared and problems solved.

In the last phase of election campaign, both Aarushi and Sumedh had same rally in same city where their story started. Kolhapur.

Now after a whole month of separation both were not that much angry. Aarushi was eager to solve their differences. Sumedh still had his ego but he was okay if Aarushi decides to make the first move.

Amit knew about their rally in Kolhapur and decided that no one from family will be their. He wanted Aarushi and Sumedh to solve their problems without any disturbance or influence.

He himself was busy in Aarushi's election campaign. Devaki and Bandana were continuously on the roads of constituency for Aarushi's campaign. Women in constituency were fastly connecting with Aarushi. Everyone was confident on Aarushi's win.

"Taisaheb aap pakka jit ke aayengi. Aapke dono jethanio ne koi kami nai chhodi aapke prachar me" A lady party worker said to Aarushi, who was on her way to kolhapur.

Aarushi smiled. "Isilye apne constituency ke prachar ki jyada fikar nai thi mujhe."

Sumedh was also on his way to Kolhapur. He Somewhere had a feeling that he is just pretending to be strong and stern but in reality he was hopelessly in love with his wife, whom he was going to meet after a whole month.

Aarushi was dying to meet her husband. Her anger was short lived and she wanted to see him.

The roads were looking familiar to Aarushi and she was thinking about all those moments she spent with Sumedh in this city.

Sumedh was also lost in those thoughts. When last time he was in the city, A conspiracy against Aarushi was cooking in his mind and now all he can feel was his love for her. He had never thought that he would be in love with Aarushi. But he terribly missed her in the past month and slowly he was accepting all these facts while sitting in his car and looking out towards beautiful city of Kolhapur which was shining in early morning sunlight.